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Keeps you switched on
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September 12, 2013
RCE
AIR F
News
SGT Gary Youl has been award-
ed the RAAF Association's FSGT
Middleton VC Trophy for non-com-
missioned officers in recognition
of his leadership skills with the Air
Force Cadets.
SGT Youl was recognised for the
award in 2010 when he was a course
manager at the Defence Force School
of Signals at Simpson Barracks in
Victoria and worked with the cadets
for a month.
But the presentation was delayed
because he was sent to Kabul as the
Force Communications Unit Nodal
Commander and, when he returned
from Afghanistan, was posted out of
the school.
SGT Youl was finally presented
with his award on July 31 this year
by Commander Defence Strategic
Communications Branch AIRCDRE
Nicholas Barneveld and SQNLDR
Bob Weight (retd), of the RAAF
Association (ACT Division), repre-
senting the Victorian Division of the
RAAF Association.
SGT Youl, now of HMAS
Harman, will not have much time to
admire his trophy because in October
he is due to leave for an eight-month
deployment as a member of Force
Communications Unit Rotation 10.
SGT Youl said receiving an award
associated with FSGT Middleton was
a great honour and thanked the team
that worked with him and the cadets.
"We provided them training
in ultra and high frequency voice
communications using our antennas
and radios," SGT Youl said.
"We developed lesson plans,
gathered the required resources
and my team sacrificed their own
off-duty time to provide the cadets
with an insight into how we effec-
tively communicate in a deployed
environment.
"The Air Force Cadets were very
appreciative."
A true leader
WELL DESERVED: SGT Gary Youl, of HMAS Harman, poses with the
FSGT Middleton VC Trophy, awarded for his outstanding leadership while
working with Air Force Cadets.
Photo: AB Kathy Tuddenham
MORE than 100 people from around
Australia attended the annual Defence
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Network conference at HMAS
Harman from August 19-21.
CAF Specialist Adviser GPCAPT
Lisa Jackson-Pulver represented
Air Force, supported by a cadre of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
airmen and airwomen.
"The highly technical nature of many
Air Force work environments presents
unique recruiting challenges," GPCAPT
Jackson-Pulver said.
"One of the messages from our
people here is that Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islanders can, and do, succeed in
these environments.
"We encourage people ranging from
job seekers and university aspirants
to those wanting a mid-life change, to
think about an Air Force career."
Air Force delegates also discussed
ideas about the Air Force Indigenous
Strategy. As a result, Air Force will
ensure a strong presence in the delivery
of the ADF Indigenous Specialised
Pathways to Employment programs,
including the six-week Indigenous Pre-
Recruitment Course and the five-month
Defence Indigenous Development
Program courses listed for 2014.
The Air Force Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Network continues to
grow, with many airmen and airwomen
stepping forward to get involved.
Serving members who want to contribute to
Air Force's community engagement processes
and recruiting programs, or connect with the
Air Force Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Network, should contact SQNLDR Anne Taylor
at anne.taylor@defence.gov.au
Paving the way
INCREDIBLE ACT OF HEROISM
THE prestigious FSGT Middleton
VC Trophy is named after FSGT
Rawdon Hume Middleton, who
was posthumously awarded the
Victoria Cross after he died in
1942 following an extraordinary
act of heroism.
Despite receiving facial and
eye injuries after his Stirling
bomber was struck by flak in
Italy, and with insufficient fuel to
make it back to England, FSGT
Middleton flew back over the Alps
to give his crew the opportunity to
bale out over friendly soil.
Having ordered the crew to
abandon the aircraft -- seven men
left the plane, five survived -- he
crashed into the English Channel.
His body washed ashore at
Dover on February 1, 1943 and he
was buried in the churchyard of St. John's, Beck's Row, Suffolk,
with full military honours.
FSGT Rawdon Middleton